December 21, 2010:

Minor refinements to the penalty and enforcement guidelines on urging a horse were updated today by the Ontario Racing Commission

October 23, 2009:

In early October, driver Ron Pierce declined to go on the record with Trot Insider after the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission handed him a 10-day suspension for putting both lines in one hand to use his whip on his mount, Costa Rica, in a division of the Bluegrass Stakes

September 17, 2009:

In his latest Trot Blog entry, trainer Jack Darling provides background on how the standardbred working group came to create the new urging rules for harness

September 15, 2009:

Last night's Peaceful Way eliminations at Mohawk Racetrack yielded the first major placing in Ontario since the new urging rule came into effect, when Trevor Ritchie-driven Angostura finished first but was placed last

September 4, 2009:

Ontario Harness Horse Association president Darryl MacArthur has spoken quite candidly with Norm Borg of Trot Radio in regard to the new horse urging rules recently implemented by the Ontario Racing